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Home Work by Julie Andres is $2.99! This is Andrews’ second memoir and while it has positive reviews, I’ve also seen comments that it isn’t as good as her first one. I also have a feeling this would be fantastic on audio!
The Change is a flawed novel, but by golly it sure cheered me up at times. This book is about three women in their late forties who develop magical powers and use them to avenge murdered young women. I’m forty-nine-and-a-half and my only perimenopausal superpower so far is the ability to give progressively less of a shit, and this book fit right in with my current mood. Unfortunately, the book was somewhat superficial and problematic … Continue reading The Change by Kirsten Miller
Wild, Wild Rake by Janna MacGregor is $1.99! This is book six in the Cavisham Heiresses series. Shana reviewed this one and wasn’t able to finish it, but your mileage may have varied!
This HaBO is from Barbara, who is looking for this historical romance: There’s a Regency romance set in London with a doofus duke (possibly earl, but I keep remembering duke) who is a secondary character. He has an overbearing mother who wants him to court a well-connected woman. He’s obsessed with horses and meets a busty young French woman at a livery stable run by a crusty French blacksmith. The duke is the comic relief … Continue reading HaBO: She’s Posing as a French Aristocrat
A Dangerous Kind of Lady by Mia Vincy is 99c! This is book one in the Longhope Abbey series. Vincy’s books have been positively mentioned in the comments before. I believe Vincy’s writes fade to black scenes, but correct me if I’m wrong!
At this point, Laura Griffin’s books are a one-click purchase for me. I know that with her books I’m safe. I’ll have competent heroines, strong heroes and a great mystery. This book is no exception. Although, warning: there are cops. Ava Burch is a corporate lawyer who has moved to a small town in west Texas. She’s been given custody of her dad’s search-and-rescue dog and she’s set up a small law practice with her … Continue reading Vanishing Hour by Laura Griffin
Welcome back! We’re quickly approaching thirty editions of Get Rec’d! I can’t believe it! This was all Sarah’s idea. I’ve been so warmed by the responses and seeing your comments about books you’ve picked up through the site or books you really want to recommend and shout about. Please keep ’em coming! As usual, have you gotten any good book recs lately? Reading anything great that you want the community to know about?
We are wrapping up October, which means it’s our second Whatcha Reading of the month! Carrie: I just finished The Brightest Star in Paris and I loved it despite feeling like it was at least two different books smooshed together! Shana: I’ve read so many good books lately, hopefully I can continue this trend. Right now I’m reading You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi. I started it ages ago … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? October 2022, Part Two
The Dragon’s Bride by Katee Robert is $2.49 at Amazon! I love these sort of old school covers with monsters. I believe the designer has also redid the cover for Morning Glory Milking Farm, which has been recommended in the comments before.
The Spare Man is most frequently described as The Thin Man in space, and the cover copy does a better job of summarizing than I could: Tesla Crane, a brilliant inventor and an heiress, is on her honeymoon on an interplanetary space liner, cruising between the Moon and Mars. She’s traveling incognito and is reveling in her anonymity. Then someone is murdered and the festering chowderheads who run security have the audacity to arrest her … Continue reading The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal
